NYT - Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover

1) The amazing generation: your guide to fun and freedom in a screen-filled world

Author

Haidt, Jonathan

Notes

#1 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list. It has been on the list for 1 week(s).

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This book addresses the impact of smartphones and social media on children's and adolescents' development. Written for a young audience, it combines informational text with illustrations, interactive activities, and personal reflections to encourage critical thinking about technology use. The authors present research-based perspectives, practical strategies, and first-person accounts from young adults, with the aim of helping readers develop habits...

2) The court of the dead

Author

Riordan, Rick

Series

A Nico di Angelo adventure volume 2
Nico di Angelo adventures volume 2

Notes

#2 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 2. It has been on the list for 15 week(s).

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Nico and Will travel to Camp Jupiter to assist Nico's half-sister Hazel with an influx of reformed monsters arriving at camp and find themselves facing a dark force imposing retribution of its own.

3) The complete cookbook for young chefs

Notes

#4 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 1. It has been on the list for 271 week(s).

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"For the first time ever, America's Test Kitchen is bringing their scientific know-how, rigorous testing, and hands-on learning to KIDS in the kitchen! Using kid-tested and approved recipes, America's Test Kitchen has created THE cookbook every kid chef needs on their shelf. Whether you're cooking for yourself, your friends, or your family, The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs has delicious recipes that will wow!"--Publisher's description.

4) The poisoned king

Author

Rundell, Katherine

Series

Impossible creatures volume 2

Notes

#5 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 5. It has been on the list for 17 week(s).

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Christopher returns to the Archipelago to investigate the mysterious dragon deaths, embarking on a rescue mission alongside a princess seeking justice for her father.

5) Pocket bear

Author

Applegate, Katherine

Notes

#6 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 6. It has been on the list for 17 week(s).

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"Born during the throes of World War I, Pocket was designed to fit into the pocket of a soldier's jacket, eyes sewn a bit higher than normal so that he always gazed upward. That way, when the soldier glanced at his pocket, he would see an endearing token of love from someone back home, and, hopefully, a good luck charm. Now, over a century later, Pocket serves as unofficial leader of Second Chances Home for the Tossed and Treasured, where stuffed...

6) War games

Author

Gratz, Alan, 1972

Notes

#7 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 7. It has been on the list for 13 week(s).

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Twelve-year-old Evie travels to Berlin for the 1936 Olympics where she witnesses Hitler's terror on the German people and plans to steal from a Nazi bank with two fellow Olympic athletes. "In 1936 Berlin, nothing is what it seems...Evie Harris can't believe her luck: She's competing in the Olympics, along with fellow American athletes like Jesse Owens. True, there's something creepy about Germany's leader, Adolf Hitler, who watches over the games...

7) Dragonborn

Author

Murray, Struan

Series

Dragonborn (Struan Murray) volume 1

Notes

#8 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 10. It has been on the list for 10 week(s).

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"There is a secret world of dragons that lurks at the edges of our own. But dragons also live among us. These Slumberers have been human for so long they have forgotten their true selves--until something awakens the dragon within. Twelve-year-old Alex Evans is about towake up. Ever since her father's death, Alex's overprotective mother has smothered her with unbreakable rules and unspoken fears. Feeling trapped, Alex's frustration has become too big...

8) Troubling tonsils!

Author

Reynolds, Aaron, 1970

Series

Creepy tales! volume 4

Notes

#9 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list. Last week it was ranked 9. It has been on the list for 18 week(s).

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Jasper Rabbit tells the eerie tale of Charlie Marmot, whose decision to keep his tonsils after surgery leads to creepy, mysterious events.

9) Wonder

Author

Palacio, R. J

Series

Wonder

Notes

#10 on the Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover list. It has been on the list for 524 week(s).

Formats

Book, Kit, Audiobook CD, Playaway, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

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7 books. Ten-year-old Auggie Pullman, who was born with extreme facial abnormalities and was not expected to survive, goes from being home-schooled to entering fifth grade at a private middle school in Manhattan, which entails enduring the taunting and fear of his clasassmates as he struggles to be seen as just another student.